Matthew 26:14-30 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:19

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them ,.... They went into the city of Jerusalem; they met the man carrying a pitcher of water home; they followed him into the house he entered; they addressed the master of the house, in the manner Christ directed, who showed them a large upper room, prepared with all proper furniture for such an occasion, as Christ had foretold: and they made ready the passover ; they went and bought a lamb; they carried it to the temple to be slain in the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:20

Now when the even was come ,.... The second evening, when the sun was set, and it was dark, and properly night; for "on the evenings of the passovers near the Minchah, a man might not eat עד שתחשך , "until it was dark" F16 Ib. c. 10. sect. 1. .' This was according to the rule, Exodus 12:8 , he sat down with the twelve , his twelve disciples; so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and which also adds, "at table"; even all the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:21

And as they did eat ,.... The passover lamb, the unleavened bread, and bitter herbs: he said it was usual, whilst they were thus engaged, to discourse much about the reason and design of this institution. What they talked of may be learnt from what follows F25 Maimon. ib. c. 7. sect. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Vid. c. 8. 2, 3, 4, 5. & Haggadah Shel. Pesach. p. 5, 6, 7, 8. : "it is an affirmative precept of the law, to declare the signs and wonders which were done to our fathers in Egypt, on... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:22

And they were exceeding sorrowful ,.... Partly that Christ should be betrayed at all, into the hands of his enemies, by whom they knew he would be ill used; and partly, that so vile an action should be done, by one from among themselves; and greatly, because they knew not, nor could not conceive, who of them could be guilty of such an horrid sin: and began everyone of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I ? excepting Judas, who afterwards spoke for himself. This they said, though conscious... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:23

And he answered and said ,.... In order to make them easy, and point out the betrayer to them, he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me . This seems to refer to the dipping of the unleavened bread, or bitter herbs, both, into the sauce called "Charoseth", which the Jews F26 Bartenora in Misn. Pesach. c. 10. sect. 3. Vid. Maimon. & Yom Tob, in ib. & Piske Tos. Pesach. art. 322. say, "was made of figs, nuts, almonds, and other fruits; to which... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:24

The son of man goeth ,.... Meaning himself, not to the Mount of Olives, or Gethsemane, or the garden, whither he went a little after this, but out of the world, to his Father: the phrase is expressive of his death, as in Joshua 23:14 , and denotes the voluntariness of it, and which is no ways inconsistent with the divine determinations about it: nor the violence that was offered to him by his enemies. As it is written ; in the book of God's eternal purposes and decrees; for Luke says,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:25

Then Judas, which betrayed him ,.... Or that was about to betray him, as the Ethiopic version reads it: he had taken a step towards it, was seeking an opportunity to do it, and at length effected it: the Persic version reads, Judas Iscariot; who after all the rest had put the question, answered and said, Master, is it I ? Who though he knew what he had been doing, and what he further resolved to do, and was conscious to himself he was the man; nay, though he had been pointed out as the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:26

And as they were eating ,.... The paschal lamb, and just concluding the whole solemnity, which was done by eating some of the F11 Maimon. Hilch. Charnetz Umetzah, c. 8. sect. 9. Vid. Bartenora in Misn. Pesach. c. 10. sect. 8. lamb: for "last of all he (that kept the passover) eats of the flesh of the passover, though it be but the quantity of an olive, and he does not taste anything after it; and at the same time he eats the quantity of an olive of unleavened bread, and does not... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:27

And he took the cup and gave thanks ,.... For the Jews blessed, or gave thanks for their wine, as well as for their food, and generally did it in this form F23 Haggadah Shel Pesach. fol. 241. 1. : "Blessed art thou, O Lord, our God, the king of the world, who hast created the "fruit of the vine". Hence the phrase, "the fruit of the vine", in Matthew 26:29 , not that we are to suppose, that Christ used or confined himself to this form of words: and it is to be observed, that they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:28

For this is my blood of the New Testament ,.... That is, the red wine in the cup, was an emblem and representation of his precious blood, whereby was exhibited a new dispensation, or administration of the covenant of grace; and by which it was ratified and confirmed; and whereby all the blessings of it, such as peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life, come to the people of God: the allusion is to the first covenant, and the book of it being sprinkled with the blood of bulls, and... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:28

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